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OKIsItJustMe

(21,848 posts) Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:17 PM 6 hrs ago

UN Secretary-General video message for the State of the Global Climate 2025 report

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127188397

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UN Secretary-General video message for the State of the Global Climate 2025 report (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe 6 hrs ago OP

K&R spanone 5 hrs ago #1

Stop saying "our addiction to fossil fuels" leftstreet 5 hrs ago #2

Addicts tend not to see their own addictions OKIsItJustMe 5 hrs ago #3

spanone

(141,510 posts)

1. K&R

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Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:20 PM

5 hrs ago

leftstreet

(40,473 posts)

2. Stop saying "our addiction to fossil fuels"

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:26 PM

5 hrs ago

It's a great statement, but these people need to STOP blaming the victims

We the peons don't set energy policy
We don't get to hire the scientists and researchers
We don't allocate funding

The global billionaire class is addicted to profits. They fund and access the politicians and global police forcing that keeps those profits coming in.

We have nothing to do with it

OKIsItJustMe

(21,848 posts)

3. Addicts tend not to see their own addictions

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:48 PM

5 hrs ago

Do you think most “peons” are aware of the climate impacts of jet travel? of cruises?

My ❝favorite❞ vacation: Driving a car to an airport to get onto.a jet, to fly to the North West, to get onto a big boat headed further North so the occupants can watch glaciers falling into the sea, and bemoan the state of the climate…

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